toilet powder

American  

noun

1. a fine powder sprinkled or rubbed over the skin, especially after bathing.

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Etymology

Origin of toilet powder

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Simple cold water is better than flour, starch, toilet powder, cotton batting, and other things which are apt to stick, and make an after-examination very painful.

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.

Any toilet powder or boracic acid will protect the skin to a considerable extent.

From Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

The room is full of odor of toilet powder.

From Hania by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

After the rub apply a little toilet powder if the patient desires it.

From American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick by Cross, American Red

There were a cracked toilette glass, a few rickety chairs, a heavy smell of stale toilet powder, and little else.

From Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl by Newte, Horace W. C. (Horace Wykeham Can)